Biodiversity of the Central Coast
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Fish
Cartilaginous Fish
Big skate
(
Raja binoculata
)
Spotted ratfish
(
Hydrolagus colliei
)
Forage Fish
Pacific herring
(
Clupea pallasi
)
Pacific sand lance
(
Ammodytes hexapterus
)
Tubesnout
(
Aulorhynchus flavidus
)
Bay pipefish
(
Syngnathus leptorhynchus
)
Surf smelt
(
Hypomesus pretiosus
)
American shad
(
Alosa sapidissima
)
Salmonids
Pink salmon
(
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
)
Chum salmon
(
Oncorhynchus keta
)
Sockeye salmon
(
Oncorhynchus nerka
)
Coho salmon
(
Oncorhynchus kisutch
)
Steelhead/ rainbow trout
(
Oncorhynchus mykiss
)
Cutthroat trout
(
Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii
)
Dolly varden
(
Salvelinus malma
)
Surfperches
Shiner perch
(
Cymatogaster aggregata
)
Redtail surfperch
(
Amphistichus rhodoterus
)
Striped seaperch
(
Embiotoca lateralis
)
Kelp perch
(
Brachyistius frenatus)
Pile perch
(
Rhacochilus vacca
)
Gobies
Arrow goby
(Clevelandia ios)
Blackeye goby
(
Rhinogobiops nicholsii
)
Bay goby
(
Lepidogobius lepidus
)
Blennyfish
Snake prickleback
(
Lumpenus sagitta
)
Rock prickleback
(
Xiphister mucosus
)
Crescent gunnel
(
Pholis laeta
)
Decorated warbonnet
(
Chirolophis decoratus
)
Penpoint gunnel
(
Apodichthys flavidus
)
Wolf-eel
(
Anarrhichthys ocellatus
)
Slender cockscomb
(
Anoplarchus insignis
)
Flatfish
Starry flounder
(
Platichthys stellatus
)
Speckled sanddab
(
Citharichthys stigmaeus
)
Pacific sanddab
(
Citharichthys sordidus
)
Rock sole
(
Lepidopsetta bilineata
)
C-O sole
(
Pleuronichthys coenosus
)
English sole
(
Parophrys vetulus
)
Rockfish
China rockfish
(
Sebastes nebulosus
)
Quillback rockfish
(
Sebastes maliger
)
Copper rockfish
(
Sebastes caurinus
)
Canary rockfish
(
Sebastes pinniger
)
Bocaccio rockfish
(
Sebastes paucispinis
)
Black rockfish
(
Sebastes melanops
)
Puget Sound rockfish
(
Sebastes emphaeus
)
Yelloweye rockfish
(
Sebastes ruberrimus
)
Vermilion rockfish
(
Sebastes miniatus
)
Yellowtail rockfish
(
Sebastes flavidus
)
Greenlings
Whitespotted greenling
(
Hexagrammos stelleri
)
Kelp greenling
(
Hexagrammos decagrammus
)
Painted greenling
(
Oxylebius pictus
)
Lingcod
(
Ophiodon elongatus
)
Sculpins
Cabezon
(
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus
)
Tidepool sculpin
(
Oligocottus maculosus
)
Longfin sculpin
(
Jordania zonope
)
Silverspotted sculpin
(
Blepsias cirrhosus
)
Buffalo sculpin
(
Enophrys bison
)
Red Irish lord
(
Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus
)
Midshipman
(
Porichthys notatus
)
Coastrange sculpin
(
Cottus aleuticus
)
Prickly sculpin
(
Cottus asper
)
Pacific staghorn sculpin
(
Leptocottus armatus
)
Padded sculpin
(
Artedius fenestralis
)
Sharpnose sculpin
(
Clinocottus acuticeps
)
Manacled sculpin
(
Synchirus gilli
)
Great sculpin
(
Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus
)
Other Fish
Kelp clingfish
(
Rimicola muscarum
)
Ocean sunfish
(
Mola mola
)
Pacific sandfish
(
Trichodon trichodon
)
Threespine stickleback
(
Gasterosteus aculeatus
)
Quillfish
(
Ptilichthys goodei
)
